QUESTION

REVIEW SCOPE

Studies selected evaluated 1 of 6 strategies (clinician education, patient education, delayed prescriptions, audit and feedback,
clinician reminders and decision support systems, and financial and regulatory incentives and disincentives) intended to reduce
unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for outpatients with acute non-bacterial illnesses, and reported data on antibiotic
prescribing or use before and after the intervention. Outcomes included proportion of patient visits with a prescription for antibiotics and clinical outcomes (eg, symptom resolution).